Celebrate this Independence Day holiday by joining our founding fathers in song at Massillon’s home for classic films, The Lions Lincoln Theatre, 156 Lincoln Way E. Note, due to the Fourth of July holiday, there is no Saturday matinee or evening movie this week.

“1776,” is the film version of the Broadway musical of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a single “nay” vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.

The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Picture – Musical or Comedy. It stars William Daniels, Howard Da Silva and Ken Howard.

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